Comments on: Nostradoofus

By: feral sparrowhawk

feral sparrowhawk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:08:56 +0000

Actually its a more significant reduction than might appear from the figures. The increase in bee is basically just population increase – per head there’d be no change. The increase in spirits is real, but not much more than a third of the alcopops decrease.

As the article says, it would be interesting to see which groups were responsible for the decrease. My guess: people with less disposable income who don’t like the taste of spirits. Without wanting to stereotype too much, that’s probably primarily teenage girls.

By: Grog

Grog — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:02:39 +0000

Australia’s new yardstick for observable reality - The Daz!

Well the US had Joe the Plumber…

Hopefully the ABC will check back with Daz today to see if he thinks we’re in a technical recession or not.

By: David Richards

David Richards — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:49:35 +0000

It’s funny how these anecdotal sagas are trotted out as empirical evidence…

By: Possum

Possum — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:15:55 +0000

Australia’s new yardstick for observable reality – The Daz!

By: Grog

Grog — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:06:26 +0000

Oh geez Possum, you and your “facts”, and your “data” and your “statistics”. Sorry but they’re no match real on the ground truth!

Eighteen-year-old Daz works in a university bar. The uni year is about to start, and Daz says there's plenty of binge drinking.

Ah yes… who needs “Medical Journals” – anecdotal evidence!! that’s the king!
God bless the ABC.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2500521.htm

By: David Richards

David Richards — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:16:47 +0000

so the HIA and REIA are happy… not sure it was really wise to try and keep the bubble inflated

By: Spam Box

Spam Box — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:05:04 +0000

Oh dear

LOWER interest rates, a beefed-up first home buyer program and the Federal Government’s stimulus package have combined to prop up first home sales.

Unprecedented intervention made new home sales one of the lonely bright spots in the national economy, according to the Housing Industry Association.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/stimulated-first-home-sales-boom-20090302-8mh6.html

By: Spam Box

Spam Box — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:58:50 +0000

But Sertse – we decide what you will drink and the manner in which you drink it

By: Sertse

Sertse — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:50:18 +0000

Being that demographic the alcopops tax is targeting at, I don’t know if I should be happy or disappointed by these figures! We…we…just capitulated like that to a tax? awwww

By: Spam Box

Spam Box — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:35:51 +0000

Not so sure GroceryWatch work out all that well